by Working Forest | Oct 27, 2016 | Archives
A Kirkland Lake entrepreneur is discovering new green uses for what was once thought to be an industrial waste by-product. Brian Coghlan has the only licensed wood ash landfill in Ontario where he has stored more than 300,000 cubic metres of the material from the...
by Working Forest | Oct 27, 2016 | Archives
The building boom for new houses in the U.S., a jump in plywood prices and steady shipments of pulp and fibreboard to China spell good news for West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., one of Canada’s largest forest product companies. West Fraser earned $1.45 per share in the...
by Working Forest | Oct 27, 2016 | Archives
The Truck Loggers Association of BC says there is still time for an agreement to be reached in the softwood lumber dispute. The United States became free to roll out trade action earlier this month, but Association President David Elstone says they haven’t started the...
by Working Forest | Oct 27, 2016 | Archives
Catalyst Paper, which owns the Crofton pulp mill, is now considering its options if the deal to sell the company to the Indian-based Kejriwal Group International falls through. The four principal stakeholders in Catalyst, who own 79 per cent of the B.C.-based company,...
by Working Forest | Oct 27, 2016 | Archives
Ontario’s moose population is under threat with “rapid declines” in numbers over the past decade, warns the environmental commissioner in a new report that urges the government to take better care of the province’s wildlife and forests. “It matters that moose are in...
